Rodkey, Kansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sherlock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67851. The Survey maps it on the Lowe quadrangle. It stands 2,904 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1944 USGS Tennis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Lowe quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Rodkey between 2002 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 579 |
| 9 August 2002 | Natural | 18 acres | Greeley County | not named |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 492 |
| 7 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 484 |
| 4 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Finney County | 465 |
| 4 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 387 |
| 4 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 31 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 394 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodkey in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Rodkey | - | Rainfall of 2.05 inches was observed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodkey | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodkey | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodkey | - | The winds were estimated to be blowing 65 MPH. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodkey | - | Significant blowing dust was reported with the high winds. Visibility was reduced to 1/4 mile or less. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Rodkey | - | Rainfall of 5.50 was observed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodkey | - | A truck was blown off highway 50. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodkey | - | The trained spotter indicated 65 mph winds at North Highway 83 and Six Mile Road. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Rodkey | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Rodkey | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Rodkey | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rodkey | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Rodkey | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Rodkey | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Rodkey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7356802 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484572. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




